CVE-2020-15888
Lua Heap-Based Buffer Overflow and Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description
Lua through 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between stack resizes and garbage collection, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, heap-based buffer over-read, or use-after-free.
INFO
Published Date :
July 21, 2020, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 16, 2023, 10:31 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-15888.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00053.html | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00054.html | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00071.html | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00079.html | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/6298903e35217ab69c279056f925fb72900ce0b7 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/eb41999461b6f428186c55abd95f4ce1a76217d5 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-15888 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-15888 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
May. 16, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.4.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:5.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-416 CWE-120 CWE-125 CWE-416 CWE-787 -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jul. 28, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00053.html No Types Assigned http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00053.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00054.html No Types Assigned http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00054.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00071.html No Types Assigned http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00071.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00079.html No Types Assigned http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2020-07/msg00079.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/6298903e35217ab69c279056f925fb72900ce0b7 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/6298903e35217ab69c279056f925fb72900ce0b7 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/eb41999461b6f428186c55abd95f4ce1a76217d5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/eb41999461b6f428186c55abd95f4ce1a76217d5 Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-120 Added CWE NIST CWE-416 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.4.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-15888 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-15888
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.33 }} 0.09%
score
0.70944
percentile